Factory Financial Controller

Nestlé; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Factory Controller to join their dynamic team. This role is crucial for supporting the Factory Manager and ensuring financial visibility and adherence to legal requirements. You will be responsible for analyzing costs, driving cost improvements, and participating in business planning. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in accounting or finance, particularly in the FMCG sector, and will thrive in a fast-paced environment. Join this innovative firm to make a significant impact on factory operations and financial performance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Accounting/Finance roles.
• Experience in manufacturing costing within a factory or supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Support Factory Manager with cost analysis and reporting.
• Identify and prioritize cost improvement opportunities.

Skills

Accounting

Finance

Costing

Analytical Skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Finance

Accountancy Qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Position Snapshot

Location: Shah Alam, Selangor / Chembong, Negeri Sembilan

Company: Nestlé Malaysia

Full-time

Bachelor’s Degree

10+ years of experience

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestlé career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestlé, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals but also as people.

We are looking for a Factory Controller to support the Factory Manager as a trusted co-pilot within the Factory Leadership Team (vision, organization, practices, initiatives/project, etc.) on a day-to-day as well as on a long-term strategic view. The FC is also tasked to provide visibility around costs related to the factory processes by driving relevant analysis and reporting (monitoring of the budget and controlling the variances) and ensure adherence to financial legal requirements, NAS, and CSM.

A day in the life of...

• Continually seek cost improvements in the factory by presenting and prioritizing cost improvement opportunities. Projects should be validated and progress constantly reviewed to ensure completion and realization of savings.
• Understand key factory cost drivers and the link to factory variances and GLOBE/SAP reports in order to prioritize cost improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate reporting of actual costs: timeliness and accuracy of input data for Period-end Close (PEC); ensuring external and internal financial policies, Accounting Standards, and Costing Standards are followed. Provides early warning to stakeholders in case of major cost deviations at department level or SKU level.
• Participate in business planning: coordinate, challenge, and prepare the input assumptions for the Annual Cost Estimate (ACE) and Dynamic Forecast (DF). Understand implication of changing volumes, product mix, and NPD on factory results & forecasts.
• Develop, control, and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests.
• Ensure full transparency of costs and financial impact to the organization of major or strategic decisions relating to the factory.
• Organize internal and external benchmarking of factory performance and factory product costs.

What Will Make You Successful

• Prior experience in Accounting / Finance function (e.g. Sales, Factory or Supply Chain Controller)
• Manufacturing costing experience; ideally within a factory or supply chain environment.
• Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience.
• Exposure to SAP.
• Degree in Business / Finance and/or Accountancy Qualification
• Proficiency in English and Malay.